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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1111565

BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST

fund voting report, part of BNY Mellon

Vote records reported
10,120year to 30 June 2026
Against management
7.4%746 of 10,083 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
74.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
45.1%for, of for + against + abstain
91.8% for6.4% against1.8% other7.4% against management10,111 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

For the year to 30 June 2026, BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST reported 10,120 vote records on Form N-PX. 746 of the 10,083 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 7.4%, 1.2 percentage points above the median fund registrant (6.2%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.6%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 74.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 45.1% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (24.0% of 755), SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (14.3% of 28) and COMPENSATION (11.3% of 523).

It reported 2.2 million shares out on loan at record dates, 0.42% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share7.4%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate74.7%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate45.1%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.42%0.00%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS6,5516,2411794.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES75553418124.0%
AUDIT-RELATED873803687.8%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS3300.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES3227314.3%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS696278.7%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE538506325.9%
COMPENSATION5234636011.3%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE8127169311.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE3611255.6%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE13947.7%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION198110.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES5126253.9%
OTHER111100.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202412,61010.2%72.0%40.5%
year to 30 June 202511,5048.8%71.3%42.1%
year to 30 June 202610,1207.4%74.7%45.1%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST voted against management on 152 of the 624 it marked either way (24.4%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 162 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST voted for 72 (44.4%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
The Cigna Group22 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to a request that the Board take steps to implement one vote per share for...
FORD MOTOR COMPANY14 May 2026A shareholder proposal relating to public disclosure by share class of voting results on matters subject...
Sysco Corporation14 Nov 2025Adopt Mandatory Policy Separating the Roles of CEO and Board Chair
Synopsys, Inc.16 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding 'stockholders' right to act by written consent
Dominion Energy, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Policy for an Independent Chair
Yum! Brands, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal to Reduce the Percentage of Shares Required to Call a Special Meeting.
General Mills, Inc.30 Sep 2025Shareholder Proposal - Adopt Policy to Separate the Board Chair and CEO Roles.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.18 Jun 2026A shareholder proposal requesting the ability for shareholders to act by written consent.
WEC Energy Group, Inc.7 May 2026Stockholder proposal to govern by majority vote
eBay Inc.17 Jun 2026Special stockholder meeting threshold
CBRE Group, Inc.21 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding our stockholders' ability to call special stockholder meetings.
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.20 May 2026Shareholder proposal that the Company adopt written consent rights for shareholders
Dollar General Corporation28 May 2026To vote on a shareholder proposal asking the Board to take the steps necessary to reduce the minimum...
Datadog, Inc.15 Jun 2026The stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, requesting the adoption of a simple...
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation2 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt shareholder right to act by written consent
Dover Corporation8 May 2026To consider a shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair.
NRG Energy, Inc.30 Apr 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal to give shareholders the ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Keysight Technologies, Inc.19 Mar 2026Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, a Stockholder Proposal: Shareholder Ability to Call for a...
Verisk Analytics, Inc.19 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Charter Communications, Inc.21 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report.
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.19 May 2026Advisory vote on stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent".
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.1 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Permit Stockholder Action by Written Consent.
Edison International23 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Retention of Equity
First Solar, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal to improve shareholder ability to call for a special shareholder meeting
Regions Financial Corporation6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Relating to Special Shareholder Meeting.
Humana Inc.16 Apr 2026The stockholder proposal requesting shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
FirstEnergy Corp.20 May 2026Independent Board Chairman
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.14 May 2026Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
NetApp, Inc.10 Sep 2025To approve a stockholder proposal regarding support for Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement.
ON Semiconductor Corporation14 May 2026To vote on a stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting
CMS Energy Corporation8 May 2026Vote on a Shareholder Proposal: Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent.
Albemarle Corporation5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal regarding shareholders ability to call for a special shareholder meeting.
lululemon athletica inc.25 Jun 2026Declassify the Board of Directors
Jabil Inc.22 Jan 2026Vote on a stockholder proposal requesting stockholder right to act by written consent.
Carvana Co.5 May 2026To vote upon one stockholder proposal, as described in the Proxy Statement.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.28 Apr 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder approval requirement for excessive golden parachutes
Zscaler, Inc.12 Jan 2026To vote on a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our board of directors.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.13 May 2026To vote upon a shareholder proposal requiring the Company to provide a report on political spending.

Shares on loan

BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST reported 2.2 million shares on loan at record dates against 517.6 million shares voted: 0.42% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Fund series in this filing

6 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
BNY Mellon Mid Cap Multi-Strategy Fund6,3437.8%75.4%43.0%
BNY Mellon Small Cap Multi-Strategy Fund1,5097.6%70.8%66.7%
BNY Mellon International Fund1,2034.9%not reported0.0%
BNY Mellon Emerging Markets Fund9698.2%not reportednot reported
BNY Mellon Income Stock Fund754.0%100.0%not reported
BNY Mellon Asset Allocation Fund210.0%not reportednot reported

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST reported 715 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 534 were for (74.7%), 181 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 152 of the 624 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST vote against management?

7.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 746 of the 10,083 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 27 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (7.4%). Across every category it voted for 45.1% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of this filer on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST (filer no. 1111565), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.